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UN Human Rights Council to review Pakistan's human rights record
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] Jul. 9 (ANI): Alarmed over reports of the deteriorating human rights situation across Pakistan, and particularly in the country's Sindh Province, the United Nations Human Rights Council has said that it will undertake a thorough two-day review of Islamabad's h
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HRW urges B'desh Govt. to end disappearances, secret detentions
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], July 6 (ANI): The New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Bangladesh Government to immediately stop widespread practice of enforced disappearances and secret detentions.
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Syrian forces eradicate traces of ISIS from Aleppo: Syrian Observatory
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Coventry (England) [UK], June 30 (ANI): The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday that the regime forces drove out the last remaining Islamic State militants from the city of Aleppo after a six-month long intense fight, as they advanced towards the road of Al-Resafa - Ithriyah a
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Foreign Missions in India Celebrate LGBT Pride month
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): At a time, when the entire world is celebrating LGBT Pride Month in support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people, the diplomatic missions of all countries in India's capital have reaffirmed their' strong commitment to promote the univer
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European human rights activists criticise China's bullying of Bhutan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): China's threat to the sovereignty of Bhutan and its unilateral action to alter the status quo on bilateral boundary issues related to the Doklam Plateau has been strongly criticized by human rights activists in Europe and in other parts of the world.
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NHRC issues notice to Rajasthan Govt. over Dausa humiliating graffiti
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): Taking suo motu cognisance of the humiliating graffiti on the houses of BPL families in Rajasthan's Dausa district, the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued notice to the state government and asked it to reply with four weeks.
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NHRC issues notice to MP Govt. over deaths due to lack of oxygen
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance in the deaths of 11 patients, including two children at Maharaja Yashwantrao (MY) Hospital here, after the oxygen supply mysteriously snapped for around 15 minutes on Jun
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J-K Cop lynching: Activist returns award, says `Talibanisation` happening
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Condemning the brutal lynching of Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mohammed Ayub Pandith by a mob, Human Rights Activist Shabnam Hashmi returned her award National Minority Rights Award saying the spreading 'Talibani
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Seminar held on rights abuse in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): A seminar on "Human Rights abuses in Pakistan" was organised by the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in collaboration with Asian-Eurasian Human Rights Forum today.
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Pakistan's concept of Sharia has nothing to do with Islam, says Shira
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): "Pakistan's concept of Sharia has nothing to do with Islam," said Shiraz Ahmad in his address at a seminar on "Human Rights abuses in Pakistan" organised by the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in collaboration with the Asian-Eurasi
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NHRC chairperson highlights role of media in protection of human rights
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], June 22 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice H.L. Dattu on Thursday highlighted the significance of media saying that it plays a key role in the protection of human rights.
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Pakistan's crackdown on Mohajirs brought up at UN
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 20 (ANI): In what can be termed as another exposure of Pakistan's atrocities and human rights violation on international fora, its crackdown on the Mohajir community was recently brought up at the United Nations.
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